Times are rough all around, but when you turn on your Xbox Live connected Xbox 360 on January 26th, 2009 you’ll have a chance to download the demo for Resident Evil 5. Then again, you’ll have no choice in where you’ll be doing that prior activity, because the demo for Resident Evil 5 will only be seen on the Xbox 360 initially (for one week).

Fans will have the opportunity to experience “Resident Evil 5’s” revolutionary new features early, including two-player co-op with voice chat along with new characters, weapons and environments. The demo is set within two stages from the beginning of the game – Assembly Place and Shanty Town — featuring plenty of co-operative action, shooting, hordes of bloodthirsty infected Majini enemies and a few puzzles to round out the action. The demo has three levels of co-op play: single-player with AI support, two-player split-screen on a single Xbox 360 and two-player across Xbox LIVE.

*Resident Evil 5 releases on March 13th.

[Via Press Release]

-William “thewilleffect” Bell-